Roses on Blue

Saturday, June 21, 2014

I happened to be in our local Joann's this morning and was browsing the latest issues of quilt magazines. I was quite surprised and delighted to see my quilt, Fish Scraps, featured in Quilter's Newsletter's newest issue of Best Scrap Quilts.

This quilt was made back in 2006 and was featured in a QNM issue around that time after having been a selected finalist in the Do You EQ? contest. It has also recently been on tour in the International Quilt Festival's exhibit "In the American Tradition" since last October, traveling to all of their shows this year.

I had originally been given a couple of large boxes of fabric samples from a salesman that worked for our screenprinting company at the time. He had formally been a sales rep for a surf wear clothing company and was getting rid of leftover fabrics. Of course, I couldn't let him throw any of it away! After considerable thought, I decided to do a quilt that tied the myriad of tropical prints together. I had seen a vintage fish quilt years before and that inspired this quilt.

I designed 10 variations of the fish in EQ (Electric Quilt software). All of them are foundation-pieced on paper, much easier than dealing with templates for me. Each fish is unique and some even have eyes created by careful positioning of the design in the fabric.

With so many fabrics, I decided to create a scrappy pieced back to the quilt as well. And as much as I hate to admit it, this quilt hardly made a dent in this fabric stash!

So be sure and pick up your latest issue of Best Scrap Quilts. There are 28 scrappy quilts to inspire you! Happy Quilting!

Sunday, June 15, 2014

Hi Everyone! Meet Karen Griska of Litchfield, Connecticut, the amazing woman and quilter behind Selvage Blog. I recently "met" Karen via Pinterest, as I was pinning some of her quilts on my Quilt Board and we got to chatting back and forth. I am so honored that Karen featured my blog on her popular blog last week, she has a huge following, and it's no wonder, she creates some pretty amazing and very unique scrap quilts. This is one of the MANY great scrap quilts of Karen's that caught my eye.

Karen has her quilt patterns for sale on her Etsy site. She is also the author of "Quilts from the Selvage Edge" published by AQS. Be sure to take a few minutes to check out her patterns, she is so talented at creating uniquely amazing quilts out of so many little pieces! (Be still my heart!!) I just love her style. And she is quite an amazing blogger as well! Thank you Karen!

About Me

Rahna Summerlin

My name is Rahna (pronounced Ron-na, rhymes with Donna). I have been an artist my entire life and a quilter for almost half of it. I am passionate about all forms of creating and am constantly inspired by other artists, quilters, craftspeople and all things creative in general. I also love anything related to home decor and my style blends cottage, vintage and shabby mixed with antiques that are well-loved and worn. I live in a Victorian home in central Florida with my husband David and our crazy yellow lab Cody and kitty Molly.

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